The Willie Rose Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.09639, -109.25667
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Willie Rose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willie Rose Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Willie Rose Copper Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Beds Strike E-W, Dip 50s. N-S Trending Normal Faultsand N-S Trending Tert Rhyolite Intrusives
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE RHYOLITE. MAIN ORE SHOOT REPORTED TO BE 200 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, IN 1917 ONE WAS 188 FT DEEP AND OTHER 108 FT
Comment (Geology): ORE IN CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE RHYOLITE
Comment (Location): FOR WEST SHAFT OF MINE
Comment (Commodity): HIGH GRADE CHALCOCITE AND OTHER COPPER SULFIDES
Comment (Production): A TOTAL OF ABOUT 150 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1913 AND 1953.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 55
Reference (Deposit): SABINS, 1957, GSA BULL, V. 68, P. 1315
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ, BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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